If you loved Theatre: A Love Story, try The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Isao Yukisada, and they both carry the outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Theatre: A Love Story, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese is
A film that asks: what if a private investigator was also extremely thirsty? Kyoichi is being investigated by a PI, for cheating on his wife, but the PI has eyes for Kyoichi himself. It's a familiar setup, handled with considerable restraint.

